Ricky Gervais

To celebrate Ricky Gervais's birthday, we decided to take a look at some other comedians who nearly tickle our funny bone as much as he does. Before Ricky Gervais brought us The Office and won Baftas, Golden Globes and Emmys, he was a singer for the New Romantic duo, Seona Dancing. Now that's funny. But Ricky doesn't just have success on TV; he's popped up in Hollywood films, written the award-winning TV show Extras, is brilliant at stand-up and has written children's books. We're sure he's really kicking himself about Seona Dancing.